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Concept

Two counter-propagating beams in space realize an intereference pattern able to trap particles in a single fringe. The fringe needs to be well designed and to form a parabolic shape. By trapping particle along this parabola, a giant dish is created that can be used for a space telescope. This dish has tremendous advantages (self-healing, lightweight, easy to deploy, etc). [See Prof. Labeyrie's paper.]